Alligator Creek

me and my baby! he stole my sunglasses!

van was adament that he was going to plug those holes with his fingers even when they were spraying him in the face!

there really was a lot of pressure coming out of those things but he got it!

Vanderlei and I were DYING from the heat yesterday so we just HAD to go swimming! Vanny love love love's water! He had a blast just running around and playing in the water! He was really good while we were there. They had the big pool closed off that day for some reason and it was way over crowded but we had fun. Van loves it when you hold him and he can kick his feet like he's swimming! Next time i'll take a waterproof camera so I can get better pictures...

it's been awhile

i kept procrastinating posting on here b/c i was behind but i'm just going to post the most recent stuff and go on. things are going great for us!



we're finally able to move out of the in-laws! not that i don't appreciate all that they have done for us but i'm ready for it to be my little family! we found the perfect place for us in columbia. it's a little past our price range but it's worth it! we'll make due! i'll take pictures when we move. it's kind of nice that we can take our time moving our stuff too.



brad will be officially moving in the last week of august when school starts. van and i are staying in o'fallon until the end of september so i can help finish the remodel at my warrenton store. but we'll be going to columbia on the weekends. i'm so excited to move back to my friends and closer to my family! anyway, hopefully i'll be better about posting more frequently!

first time vanny danced

CHRISTMAS 2009

so pretty much this was the best Christmas ever! i love every single minute of Christmas with Vanderlei! he makes the whole season a million times more fun! he, of course, was very spoiled this year. pop pop had a lot to do with it! he is growing like a little weed! audi got him 18 month pjs and i thought they would be big on him but they're almost too small! he is quite the chub-a-lub!

great forest park balloon race

jessica got onto me for not blogging more (hehehe) so i'm going to TRY!

this is my sister-in-law, sheri and her nieces...

this was a really neat event and it was free! they had pony rides for the kids and play houses. they had a lot of tents set up with businesses set up in them. curves had one. they also had these trampoline gymnast kids there that were amazing!

these are pictures from when brad and i took van to the hot air balloon race. it was so windy that day that the balloons were supposed to go up at noon but they didn't go up until after 5pm. we had to leave before them but sheri took some pictures of them for me.

van was so cute! he just LOVES being outdoors.

Jesus wants me for a sunbeam (teacher)!

I was sustained today as a sunbeam teacher at my church! I teach the 3 going on 4 year olds. They have to be the cutest kids ever! I have 3 boys (Keaton, Carter & Zach) and one girl (Eliza). I thought I would start a post on the funny things they do and say.

7/12/09
This week wasn't too eventful. I only had the 3 boys today. I told them a story about a boy that wanted to grow up to be a missionary and I asked them all what they wanted to be when they grew up. Keaton said he wanted to be a "fire truck boy", Zach wanted to be a "peace man" (I think he meant police man) and Carter wants to be a farmer that drives. I asked them if they wanted to be missionaries too and Carter said no just a farmer. I gave them pictures of a missionary to color and Carter turned his into a pirate with a sword. So far i've learned that they love going outside, bubbles, and "mother may I?"....until next week....